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New poll shows strong public support for reform of the Press Complaints Commission

By Mark Pack | Thu 21st January 2010 - 7:50 am

A series of proposals to reform the Press Complaints Commission (PCC) have won the backing of the public in a new IPSOS-MORI poll (8-17 January, 980 individuals) commissioned by the Media Standards Trust:

By a 61% margin the public believe the chief purpose of this body should be to monitor compliance with the code of practice and conduct investigations where there is public concern rather than its current chief purpose of mediating on complaints between newspapers and complainants (73% – 12%)
By a 44% margin the public back an independent regulatory body over the current industry-run arrangements (52% – 8%)
By a 43%

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Posted in News | Also tagged ipsos-mori, martin moore and press complaints commission | 2 Comments

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